Viacom Signs On With Joost

Just yesterday it was announced in a press release that Joost, formally The Venice Project, has gotten Viacom signed on as a content provider. That means content from MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures will be on this platform.

Joost is an internet television distribution platform still in development. The dudes who created Skype and Kazaa, Janus Friis and Niklas Zennströmthe, are the founders of the company. Joost does has the potential to be a very big leap forward for the integration of television and internet, especially considering their new Viacom partnership. Here’s a cool article about the story how the company started up from CNET news.

Check out the Joost website for more news and a blog about their development of this new technology. Also there’s a place to apply to be a beta tester. I applied and have been put on the waiting list. It will be interesting to see how they decide to approach this.

Also, I’m impressed that Joost has the foresight to include a section with photos to use specifically on blogs. I chose the weird looking fish one above.

The rest of the screenshots can be seen at https://www.joost.com/screenshots/